Teaching is an art that never ends. It is the eternal pursuit of every English teacher to create a relaxed and lively teaching atmosphere and improve students' knowledge and ability. It is not easy to make your English class innovative and as natural and smooth as running water. How to make English class active? I think we should do the following:
First, establish a harmonious relationship between teachers and students.
"The secret of successful education lies in respecting students." Teachers should first change their ideas. Students are our clients, and the relationship between teachers and students is equal. Usually, we should pay more attention to communicating with students, fully understand their psychological needs and personality characteristics, care and cherish every student, and communicate with students in some equal and caring languages, which not only harmonizes the relationship between teachers and students, but also sublimates students' interest in English learning into high enthusiasm for learning.
Emotion is accompanied by the whole process of students' learning, which is a great driving force to promote students' learning and restrain themselves. "Learning high is a teacher, and being highly respected is an example." Teachers should learn to respect, understand and tolerate students and always listen to their needs and suggestions for English teaching.
Teachers should play the role of instructors in the classroom. In the process of English teaching, let students accept language knowledge in a calm and good mood, take the initiative to participate in English communication, and ensure that students have independent thinking space and personality space.
Second, improve teachers' own quality.
Times are different, and society is constantly developing and progressing. UNESCO puts forward that modern young people should "learn to be human, learn to care, learn to get along and learn to learn", and "learn to learn" is precisely the essential quality of modern society that our teachers are very short of.
As the organizer and commander of classroom teaching, teachers should be strict with themselves and form the habit of lifelong learning. Language always develops with the development of society. The rapid development of modern media and teaching methods has broken the closure of English classroom teaching and narrowed the distance with the world. The development of the Internet gives people a feeling that the world is just around the corner. The entry of foreign teachers into English teaching in middle schools has provided a great impetus for English teaching. Foreign teachers have aroused students' great interest with their authentic language and flexible teaching methods. In this new era, how to master the rules of English teaching and use modern media is an urgent problem for every English teacher. This requires every teacher to constantly learn to charge and ensure that his knowledge is updated and improved.
As disseminators of human civilization, teachers should keep pace with the times, constantly learn language skills and teaching art, and constantly improve their own quality. Fluency in class was not built in a day.
The power of example is infinite. If a teacher can speak fluent and pure English, and can convey the latest information in the world and the things that students are most interested in, students will admire the teacher and imitate him consciously or unconsciously, forming the habit of communicating and communicating in English. Teachers should have rich professional knowledge and conquer students with rich knowledge. As the saying goes, "Learn from your teacher and believe in it." What are you worried about?
Teachers should work hard after class, thoroughly understand the teaching materials before class, delve into the two outlines, determine accurate goals, grasp the important and difficult points, and carefully design teaching plans with different styles according to the contents of the teaching materials. Do a good job in each class and improve the teaching effect of 45 minutes.
While imparting knowledge in the classroom, teachers should also pay attention to the strength of teachers' personality, set an example by themselves, strengthen their self-cultivation and set an example for students through actions.
Third, enrich the form of classroom teaching.
Students are the main body of education and the protagonists in the classroom. We should let students practice more. For example, before class, we can ask a student to tell a news and a story in English and explain a word in simple English.
Playing more games and intuitive teaching methods can not only give students a sensory impression, stimulate their interest in learning, but also enable them to form a correct concept of things, so as to firmly remember them. Suhomlinski, an educator in the former Soviet Union, believes that intuition is the universal principle of young students' mental work. Junior high school students like games, and many games are arranged in textbooks, such as number games. In order to help students remember many numbers, I brought a small handkerchief and played a drum music, so that they could pass the handkerchief along with the music. Then I press the pause button, and the students who get the handkerchief have to answer the questions raised by the students: "What's your number?" Repeatedly, everyone has a chance to answer this question and think about how to answer it. Another example is the textbook "Who has the coin?"? By playing games, students master the rules of the game and learn some useful words, such as closing their eyes, standing in front of the class, and so on.
Make full use of multimedia. For example, when teaching unit SB2 Unit 9 to save the earth, I scanned many pictures in the courseware, such as blue sky, green water, green hills and polluted rivers, chimneys with thick black smoke and so on. To arouse students' attention to environmental problems. Such a picture is engraved in students' minds, and students are appreciating, comparing and listening, which causes inner shock. We should contribute to protecting the environment.
Learning to sing English songs can be very enjoyable, and students like to express themselves. Play music before class to let them feel the beautiful melody in English songs. Best wishes for a happy birthday! These popular and easy-to-sing songs can be used in daily life. Learning songs in this way greatly improves students' interest in learning English.
Increase group activities. Traditional English teaching often pays attention to classroom discipline. In class, students sit quietly in their seats and listen to the teacher's lectures and readings, so it is easy to lose interest in learning English. Group activities allow students to play freely, learn from each other and take the initiative to learn.
Learn by discussion. Discussion learning is to use collective wisdom, discuss and learn to solve problems and acquire knowledge. The important issue here is how to cultivate students' self-confidence and participate in collective discussion and study. Students must be encouraged at ordinary times, and they can also use some time before class to let them speak for themselves. After a long time, they naturally dare to put forward their opinions in the group discussion in class.
Constantly change the practice method. No matter what kind of teaching methods are always repeated, students will get bored. It can be a "pair work" for two people or a "group work" for many people.
Language is a communication tool. Learning a language, only in its language environment or simulated context, can learners learn vividly and have more confidence. The purpose of English teaching in middle schools is to cultivate students' communicative competence. Let them speak English is an important way to cultivate their interest and arouse their enthusiasm. For example, the question and answer in the dialogue can make students innovate, speak freely, let students play freely and have the opportunity to show their talents. This not only exercises students' listening and speaking communication ability, but also enlivens the classroom atmosphere.
Fourth, stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning.
Modern psychological research shows that people's passion comes from relatively independent external stimuli. In English teaching, if our teachers try to stimulate students' learning enthusiasm according to their knowledge level, interests, hobbies, emotions, will and other characteristics, classroom teaching will certainly receive ideal results. In the actual learning process of students, teachers will encounter many units that students are interested in, and students' interests will often be linked with their enthusiasm for learning, which will encourage them to learn languages more comprehensively by using existing knowledge, skills and wisdom.